Alexandria Commentary: Returning Citizen or Just Plain Citizen
Returning After Incarceration
Securing a job, renting an apartment, voting in an election: things people without a felony conviction do with relative ease.
Alexandria Snapshot: Dog Days of Summer
Hard Times' Memorial Day Chili Dogs
Hard Times Cafe continued its nearly 25-year tradition of kicking off the Memorial Day holiday.
Alexandria: Reach and Rise for Excellence
At Hammond Middle School.
The sky is truly the limit for the student participants of the Reach and Rise for Excellence (RARE) Program at Francis Hammond Middle School
Alexandria: Teacher Retires After 40 Years
Cecelia Snyder leaves Old Town Montessori School.
After 20 years of teaching 3-6-year-olds at the Old Town Montessori School on S. Columbus Street and serving as its administrative director, Snyder is retiring.
Chantilly Snapshot: Scout Leaders Honored
At the Annual Sully District Boy Scouts of America Awards Banquet three Sully District Boy Scout Leaders were honored. The highest award that Sully District can bestow is the District Award of Merit. This year’s honorees were Chris Miller (left), Kevin Morley (center), and Tee R. Hadley (right). Sully District is comprised of over 1600 youth and 400 registered adults.
Centreville/Chantilly Snapshot: Dancers
Fairfax Ballet Company dancers pose for a picture during rehearsals for the Fairfax Ballet Company's "Coronation of the Fairy Princess," last month at Centreville High School.
Partnership Broadens Reach of Tutoring Company
Low-income students assisted.
Northern Virginia’s Turbo Tutoring launched a partnership with Kravitz Orthodontics in South Riding earlier this year to provide free SAT and ACT preparation programming to low-income students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford the classes to prepare them for college entrance exams.
Centreville: 5K Ice Cream Race at Bull Run is June 25
The third annual 5K obstacle Ice Cream Race will be held Saturday, June 25 at Bull Run Regional Park in Centreville.
Centreville Snapshot: Recognition
In May, Centreville based Lane's Mill Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) member Van Lee received recognition for her 50 years of membership in the organization. With Lee are her daughters Evangeline Barr and Susan Lee as well as her sister Virginia Poffenberger, all of whom are also members of DAR.
Centreville Snapshot: Congratulations
USMC Captain Scott Behne (CVHS 2007, USNA 2011) hands younger brother, Ensign Mark Behne (CVHS 2012, USCGA 2016), his diploma and commission and welcomes him into the fellowship of public service at the May 18 Coast Guard Academy graduation ceremony.
Scouts Pull Invasive Plant Garlic Mustard
Scouts and their families from Cub Scout Packs 913, 1170, 1530, and 1540 and Boy Scout Troops 55, 1530, and 1983 filled 15 large garbage bags with garlic mustard, an invasive plant, from Cub Run Stream Valley Park in collaboration with Fairfax County Park Authority's Invasive Management Area program.
32nd Chantilly Pyramid Minority Student Awards
High school and middle school students honored for academic achievements and accomplishments.
For the 32nd year, the Chantilly Pyramid Minority Student Achievement Committee held its Youth Motivation and Academic Achievement Awards on Saturday, June 4 at Chantilly High School.
Chantilly High is Ready to Take the Stage
Chantilly High’s 30th annual Jazz & Pizzazz is this week.
Every year, Chantilly High’s springtime extravaganza, Jazz & Pizzazz, is a special event filled with singing, dancing and music. And the 2016 show promises to be another one to remember because it’s the school’s 30th annual.
Broadway Tunes Comes to Centreville’s Stage
Annual, summer choral concert this week.
Come one, come all to the Centreville High Choral Department’s annual “Broadway Pops” concert. It’s this Thursday-Friday, June 9-10, at 7:30 p.m., in the school’s Skip A. Maiden Theatre. Admission is free.
Potomac Snapshot: Wootton Grads Look to the Future
Wootton High School graduates at the Tuesday, May 31 graduation ceremonies at DAR Constitution Hall.
Potomac Family Heading to Spain for Unusual Outing
Working in a vacation spot.
This summer, one lucky Potomac family will have the opportunity to travel to northern Spain to hike, and explore, practice their Spanish, enjoy the mountains and assimilate into the culture. However, it’s not all about pleasure ….
Potomac: Bravo To Present ‘Seussical Jr.’
This weekend at Randolph Road Theater.
“I'll just have to save him because after all, a person’s a person, no matter how small," says Horton, the Elephant in “Seussical, Jr.” It’s a key message to every young person who sees this show — as well as to the young actresses and actors who are presenting this show to their audience.
Potomac: Join 16th Annual ‘Autism Speaks’ 5K/Walk
Seeking to raise $250,000 for research.
Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring the 13 American colonies a new nation.
Potomac Snapshot: Sports Festival
KEEN athletes and volunteers participate in a tug of war during the KEEN Greater DC Sports Festival on Sunday, June 5 at Avenel Park. It was an afternoon of activities and games for 400 children and young adults with disabilities, their volunteer coaches, family members and supporters.
Potomac: Theater Returns to Hoover
New stars take middle school’s stage.
After a year in uncertain woods, theater returns to the stage of Herbert Hoover Middle School. Under the direction of Patricia Grossier, a Hoover parent with previous theatrical experience, 49 students last weekend presented “Into the Woods Jr.,” an adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.